Worry Clinic: Tiny Talk Wins Favor in Sales
Dr. George W. Crane argues concise speech wins trust in business and life. He cites Lincoln's two minute Gettysburg address and the Sermon on the Mount, then tests brevity with a match challenge to reveal core points quickly. He suggests the match test for sales pitches and interviews.
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George W. Crane
Don J
Crane
Gabby
Dr. Crane
Abraham Lincoln
Everett
Lincoln
Day By Day Pay the Paper Boy Honest Tales on Deliveries
The essay reflects on paper route collection issues with young carriers. It notes customers delay paying, change problems, and fines for missed deliveries, stressing youths learn businesslike habits through responsibility. The narrator also updates personal routines and avoids overcommitment to outside duties.
January Drive Returns Record Polio Funds for 1948–49
The March of Dimes January campaign raised a national total of 25,728,000 dollars, with Macon County near its 15,000 goal at 14,025. Funds support three aims education epidemic aid and research, including a 1,370,000 grant to universities for polio vaccine research. The article notes the split of funds and progress toward better diagnosis and vaccine development.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Macon County
National Fund
National Foundation
California
Utah
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Gold crust Thickens in Iowa Prediction
The statement notes that the gold crust could become significantly thicker in Iowa, implying regional geological variation and potential effects on mineral composition or ore formation. The remark lacks broader context but highlights Iowa as a focus of interest.
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Iowa
White House Health Lessons on Diet and Disease
The piece discusses Mrs. Truman losing about 20 pounds after summer at Independence and warns against salt avoidance in heat. It links medical caution, Blair House repairs, and historic disease campaigns to show publicity's role in health awareness and disease prevention.
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Harry Truman
Washington
Independence
White House
Blair
Executive Mansion
Calvin Gootidge, Jr
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Political balance and party labels in federal judicial appointments
The article discusses how political considerations influence federal judge selections from a president’s party, the lifelong tenure shaping balance, and the shift from claiming nonpartisanship to acknowledging party affiliations in the modern era. It notes the current composition of the Supreme Court panel as seven Democrats and one Republican.
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Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Republic
Washington
Supreme Court
Streamlined Fair Draws Miller’s Modernization Plea
Des Moines Register columnist Harlan Miller pushes Iowa officials and the state fair board to modernize the Iowa state fair. He criticizes midways, grandstand acts, horseshoe pitching, bands, on grounds food, and calls for more intellectual programming from educators. He argues that keeping traditional fair charm is essential to the event’s appeal.
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Des Moines Register
Harlan Miller
Iowa
State Fair Board
Phil Stong
Will Rogers
Miller
Socialized medicine and doctors’ self appendixes debate
The remark suggests under socialized medicine doctors would not perform their own appendectomies, implying systemic changes to individual medical duties. The statement reflects a critique of collective health care policies and professional autonomy.
Loans Turn Earlier Slide Into Upturn for Banks
After six months of decline, business loans show a turn in New York and 94 leading cities. Bankers see a turning point as inventories may rise for fall and winter trade. The November Christmas season looms as merchants gain confidence and credit activity upticks.
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New York
Extra Building Materials Defy Disposal Yet Return Urges
A reflective piece on leftover construction materials such as clay tiles bricks cinder blocks and pipes. Despite cash credit for disposal the cost to haul them away deters removal. The article notes they attract dirt pests and may be needed later, prompting irony when removed and a future need arises.
Foot exercise tip quoted from Detroit News cartoon
In a Detroit News item H V Wade notes a playful quote about bearing rollers and arch strength with marbles and toes. He recalls a late night in a dark living room during a Chinese checker craze.
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H. V. Wade
Detroit News
Allerton Retreat by Edward Lindsay
Robert Allerton park near Monticello Illinois embodies a model for better living the palatial hilltop estate and 6000 acres host a university controlled farm complex gardens and sculptures by Rodin Bourdelie and Milles The gift to the University of Illinois could become a self sustaining public retreat for meetings conferences and educational reform discussions focus on leadership civic renewal and public administration with a call for a monastery like single minded retreat to shape Illinois policy and public life
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Robert Allerton
Monticello
Illinois
Middle West
United States
John Gregg
Illinois Prairie
University of Illinois
Rodin
Adam
Bourdelie
Carl Milles
Sun Singer
State University
Czar’s Palace
University
Europe
Allerton House
Mann compares Communism and Nazism in Des Moines Register
A Des Moines Register column notes a Thomas Mann remark that Communism has a slight moral edge over Nazism, likening it to preferring malaria to tuberculosis. The piece discusses questionable moral comparisons in extremism and the author’s stance.
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Thomas Mann
Des Moines Register
Oil Industry Shows Tremendous Production Rise Since 1919
Over 30 years crude oil output surged from 378 million barrels in 1919 to 2.02 billion in 1948 about 5.51 million barrels daily. Proved liquid reserves grew from 6.7 billion barrels in 1919 to nearly 27 billion by 1948, reflecting industry expansion and discovery.
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Petroleum News
America
Refugees Use Dogs to Flee Behind Iron Curtain
Reported tactic involves releasing animals to mislead border patrols as refugees attempt western escape. Cats claimed to be used to lure hounds, with incidents said to occur near Conete Nation, Paris.
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Conete Nation
Paris
Byrd's Own Budget Bureau Twenty five Per Cent Goes for Taxes
Washington reports Senator Harry Byrd challenges tax and spending plans as 62 senators push for a 10 percent federal cut. The debate centers on "easy money" spending to please groups, with unnamed critics fearing solvency issues.
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Byrd
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Inevitability Of Bob Tait and The Presidential Scene
The piece discusses a potential 1952 Conservative vs New Deal contest. It notes Guy Gabrielson as national Republican chairman and President Truman preserving New Deal aims. It mentions civil rights debates, a possible fair employment practices bill, and Taft as a key figure whose prospects could shape the party’s future.
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Guy Gabrielson
Truman
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Rep
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Lucas
Education and Labor Committee
South
Taft
Ohio
Ohio backs Gabrielson as Taft aides rally for 1952 bid
Rep Clar ence Brown of Ohio urges strong organizing and fund raising from Gabrielson to boost Taft in the nominating fight. The article notes Taft’s conservative stance with isolationist tinge and suggests Dewey and Warren are unlikely to return, predicting 1952 momentum if Taft wins in 1950.
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National Committee
Ohio
Clarence Brown
Taft
Brown
Gabrielson
Uhiah
Republican
Scott
Stassen
Messrs
Dewey
Warren
President urges more government spending to spur expansion
President Truman used a radio address to argue for increased government spending and urged private employers to invest now. He proposed broader social security, education, health, and housing programs and continued national resources preservation to boost economic growth. Senator Byrd, a fellow Democrat, leads the economy battle in Congress with a staffed Budget Bureau influenced analysis.
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Uncle Sam
Truman
Congress
Byrd
Budget Bureau
Senate
The
Treasury
Commerce Department
Byrd Highlights Wartime Tax Surge and Future Costs
Byrd reports compare 1941 and 1949 tax burdens showing Uncle Sam taxes rising from 7.25 billion to 36.5 billion and potential 43 billion under a program. He notes taxes, including state and local, jumped over fivefold since the war began, with a doubling of output but a fivefold tax rise.
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Byrd
Uncle Sam
Byrd analysis shows high 1948 production but stagnant debt
Byrd researchers note 1948 peak output of 262 billion 700 million dollars. They cite lower taxes amid plans to spend more, with government debt stuck near 252 billion dollars since early 1948. Proposals include 4 percent education funding, 1.9 billion for natural resources, and 107 million for finance and industry.
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Byrd
Uncle Sam
Congress
U.S
G.L
Western
Europe
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